Robert Coote

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Coote (4 February 1909 – 26 November 1982) was an English actor. He played aristocrats or British military types in many films, and created the role of Colonel Hugh Pickering in the long-running original Broadway production of My Fair Lady. Coote was born in London and educated at Hurstpierpoint College in Sussex. He began his stage career at the age of 16, performing in Britain, South Africa, and Australia before arriving in Hollywood in the late 1930s. He played a succession of pompous British types in supporting roles, including a brief but memorable turn as Sgt. Bertie Higginbotham in Gunga Din (1939). His acting career was interrupted by his service as a squadron leader in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. He played Bob Trubshawe in Powell and Pressburger's A Matter of Life and Death (1946), chosen for the first-ever Royal Film Performance on 1 November 1946, before he returned to Hollywood, where his films included The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), Forever Amber (1947), The Three Musketeers (1948), and Orson Welles' Othello (1952). In 1956, Coote created the role of Colonel Pickering in the original Broadway production of My Fair Lady (1956–62), which he reprised in the musical's 1976–77 Broadway revival. He also originated the role of King Pellinore in the Broadway production of Camelot (1960–63). He was nominated for an Emmy Award for his performance as Timmy St. Clair in the NBC TV series The Rogues (1964–65). In 1966, Coote appeared with Jackie Gleason and Art Carney in an episode of The Honeymooners entitled "The Honeymooners in England", broadcast on CBS-TV from Miami. In his last feature film performance, Coote portrayed one of the critics dispatched by Vincent Price in Theatre of Blood (1973). His final role was on television, playing orchid nurse Theodore Horstmann in the 1981 NBC-TV series Nero Wolfe, starring William Conrad in the title role. In most film and TV adaptations of Nero Wolfe mysteries, before and since, Horstmann has been a very minor character, but Coote's Horstmann got considerable screen time in the series. The veteran British character actor died in his sleep at the New York Athletic Club in November 1982, at the age of 73. Coote was a close friend of actor David Niven, sharing a house with Niven for a time in the late 1930s and living in a flat over Niven's garage for several years after the Second World War.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1909-02-04
  • event Death Date 1982-11-26
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 3.6
  • info Birth Place London, England, UK
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6.3

Lured

1947-08-28

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The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

1947-05-25

6.6

Gunga Din

1939-01-26

7.7

A Matter of Life and Death

1946-12-15

6.7

The Prisoner of Zenda

1952-11-04

6.8

Theatre of Blood

1973-03-16

6.8

The Three Musketeers

1948-10-20

6.2

Berlin Express

1948-05-01

6.3

The Red Danube

1949-10-14

6.8

The Horse's Mouth

1958-11-11

6.2

The V.I.P.s

1963-09-01

7.1

The League of Gentlemen

1960-04-15

7.4

Othello

1951-11-28

5.8

Mr. Moto's Last Warning

1939-01-20

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Merry Andrew

1958-03-20

5.5

Prudence and the Pill

1968-05-23

5.4

The Swinger

1966-11-13

5.3

Commandos Strike at Dawn

1942-12-30

6.7

A Yank at Oxford

1938-02-18

6.1

Forever Amber

1947-10-10

7.3

Filming Othello

1978-07-10

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Vigil in the Night

1940-02-05

5.8

The Thirteenth Chair

1937-05-07

5.8

The Merry Widow

1952-09-05

4.9

The Cool Ones

1967-04-12

3.8

A Man Could Get Killed

1966-03-25

4.5

The Girl Downstairs

1938-12-23

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Alice Through the Looking Glass

1966-11-06

3.7

Bad Lands

1939-08-28

4.5

You Can't Fool Your Wife

1940-05-21

5.3

The Golden Head

1964-08-22

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Kenner

1968-01-01

6

Blond Cheat

1938-06-17

7.1

Scaramouche

1952-05-08

6.1

The Exile

1947-10-17

6.7

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

1951-10-16

4.5

Sally in Our Alley

1931-07-09

6.5

The House of Fear

1939-06-30

6.4

Nurse Edith Cavell

1939-08-31

4.4

Soldiers Three

1951-04-01

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Charley's Aunt

1969-11-23

4

The Sheik Steps Out

1937-09-05

5.5

Rangle River

1936-12-19

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Lord Arthur Savile's Crime

1960-01-03

6

Loyalties

1933-07-02

6.9

The Constant Husband

1955-04-21

7.2

Forever and a Day

1943-01-21

6.9

The Swan

1956-04-26

6.4

Cloak and Dagger

1946-09-28

4

Institute for Revenge

1979-01-22

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The Elusive Pimpernel

1950-11-07

4.4

Studio One

1948-11-07

4.3

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1958-10-06

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Rawhide

1959-01-09

5.5

Lux Video Theatre

1950-10-02

7.5

The Rogues

1964-09-13

4.4

Robert Montgomery Presents

1950-01-30

7.4

Nero Wolfe

1981-01-16

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Sweepstakes

1979-01-26

8.3

Best Of Enemies

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The Whitehall Worrier

1967-01-13

5.5

Lux Video Theatre

1950-10-02

5.5

Lux Video Theatre

1950-10-02

4.4

Robert Montgomery Presents

1950-01-30

7.4

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962-10-01